Kristin Hersh Announces New EP Downers On Blackstone: Hear “Pass Christian”

Kristin Hersh has made a lot of truly astonishing music over the decades as a solo artist and as the leader of the still ongoing bands Throwing Muses and 50 Ft Wave. Earlier this year, Hersh released the absolutely lovely solo album Sugar On Blackstone. If you haven't heard it yet, I would sincerely recommend checking it out. Next month, she'll follow it with a new companion-piece EP.Hersh's new EP Downers On Blackstone is a Rough Trade vinyl exclusive, so you might have to spring for the physical edition if you ever want to hear the thing. Its five songs com from the Sugar On Blackstone sessions, and its Bandcamp listing describes it as "a slower, sludgier companion record drawn from the same world of true stories." For now. Hersh has shared one song from the EP. "Pass Chritian" is fuzzed-out doom-folk with real teeth, it makes me wonder what would happen if Hersh ever went full stoner-metal. The harmonies here are absolutely deadly. Listen below.The Downers On Blackstone EP is out 12/4; order it here.